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World Book and Copyright Day 2021: Top quotes on why books are truly magical

World Book and Copyright Day is observed to promote reading and the love of books, publishing and copyright awareness.

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World Book and Copyright Day is observed on April 23 every year. It is done to promote reading and the love of books, publishing and copyright awareness. 

It also marks the death and birth anniversary of many other prominent authors, such as Cervantes, Shakespeare,  Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla, and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. 

“Our goal is to engage people in reading, and to have fun doing so! As a celebration of this year's World's Book and Copyright Day, UNESCO has created a 'Bookface' challenge," UNESCO said on its website.

Here are some quotes on World Book and Copyright Day 2021:

“I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” – Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” – Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray

''There is no friend as loyal as a book" - Ernest Hemingway

''Books are a uniquely portable magic'' - Stephen King

''That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet'' - Jhumpa Lahiri

"If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking" - Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

''Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world'' - Malala Yousafzai

''I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book'' - J.K. Rowling

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
– Neil Gaiman in Coraline

'The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library'' - Albert Einstein

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life" - Mark Twain

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